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In my country, you can be reimbursed on substance prescribed by a nurse (or any medical practitioner, including physical therapist) if its effect is proved, but
by orwin 2y ago
In my country, you can be reimbursed on substance prescribed by a nurse (or any medical practitioner, including physical therapist) if its effect is proved, but only doctors can prescribe regulated substances, and this kind of prescription are typically monitored (and stats are made on those prescriptions. Why, i don't know yet, we set up the big data infrastructure like 5 years ago, so probably nothing yet).
And there is another tier of regulated substance that you can only be prescribed at a hospital (rarely-used antibiotics, you must stay under surveillance while you take them to avoid creating resistance), and another tier that can only be prescribed by a specialist (methadone, lithium, probably a ton of others), but i would hope this is the same in the US.
- Aurornis 2y ago> but only doctors can prescribe regulated substances In the US this is determined at the state level, so it’s different depending on where you live. In many states, NPs can prescribe controlled substances now. This has become a problem in some areas with certain NPs prescribing Adderall, Xanax, or Ketamine at alarmingly high rates. We do have monitoring mechanisms and people can be flagged if their prescriptions are becoming a problem, but the system is slow to respond. The cases are publicly searchable and I spent some time reading my local cases last year. The reports were often unbelievable, with some NPs becoming locally known for prescribing certain drugs at high doses. You can even find tips about which NPs to go to on certain Reddits.